zoetrope sculpture: The Centrifugal Soul by Mat Collishaw

MAT COLLISHAW | THE CENTRIFUGAL SOUL

Blain|Southern Gallery, 7 April 2017 – 27 May 2017, London

MAT COLLISHAW | THRESHOLDS| Somerset House, London, opens May 18

Attention artist, history, photography, cinema and gear buffs: Mat Collishaw’s virtual reality exhibit opens May 18th at Somerset House in London. It will restage William Henry Fox Talbot’s 1839 photo exhibition. The dawn of immersive VR exhibitions looks back to the dawn of photography. “Using the latest in VR technology, Thresholds will restage one of the earliest exhibitions of photography in 1839, when British scientist William Henry Fox Talbot first presented his photographic prints to the public at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. The experience will be a fully immersive portal to the past; walk freely throughout a digitally reconstructed room, and touch the bespoke vitrines, fixtures and mouldings; even the heat from a coal fire will be recreated.”